define my future goals

Well, after i spent some time dwelling all over the “i’d have this, i’d have that, i’d be here or there and have done this”, i realized that i still didn’t know WHAT i’d be doing, just what i’d have already done or acquired. So, keeping all that in mind, i’ve gone back around at the question. I’m starting with the haves and havenots. Financial happy crappy. Again, keeping those big bold (and italicized) dreams in mind. I think i’m making headway, though i’m not sure it’s supposed to be this PRACTICAL yet.

I’m making myself “comfortable” financially with answering this first “future planning” question. Once that’s got done, i plan to work on making sure my mind stays occupied. Then, perhaps, i’ll know what, exactly, i’d be “doing”.

Let’s just say that everything is going well. You have all the resources you need. So, then, what is it you are doing with your life? Think big, think positive, be hypothetical and imaginative. There doesn’t have to be one answer, however it is likely that there will be one answer which feels “most right”.

Yikes. Time to get out the extra notebook paper!

It’s about defining what i want to be doing and where i want that to be so that i may get there. Certainly, if we don’t know where we want to go, the chance of getting there is slim. I have found it terribly easy to work on stacking money in a big pile toward “retirement”. And i’ve found it even easier to get panicky because i’ve depleted the same sort of fund twice to get by in the now. Recently i’ve realized that i don’t actually want to “retire”; i want to keep going. So, i’ll want to define and understand the goals to which i strive and achieve. If money’s involved, then money will be made and shunted where it needs to be. But i sincerely doubt that will be a large, untouchable pile waiting for some magical timeframe in which i am to “stop”. This is new and different from the messages i’ve received for… essentially all of my life, so it may take some time and focus. But, of course, it’s not too late.